Study: Seasoned profs prepare students for advanced learning
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But students' evaluations reward immediate gratification
Highly credentialed and experienced professors are better at preparing students for long-term academic success than their less-experienced counterparts, but that ability isn't necessarily reflected in their students' teaching evaluations. That's according to research by a pair of economists published in this month's Journal of Political Economy.
The study's authors, Scott Carrell of U.C. Davis and James West of the U.S. Air Force Academy, say their
But students' evaluations reward immediate gratification
Highly credentialed and experienced professors are better at preparing students for long-term academic success than their less-experienced counterparts, but that ability isn't necessarily reflected in their students' teaching evaluations. That's according to research by a pair of economists published in this month's Journal of Political Economy.
The study's authors, Scott Carrell of U.C. Davis and James West of the U.S. Air Force Academy, say their
